Toxocariasis. Difficult diagnosis in practice of pediatrician

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
K. D. Ermolenko

Parasitic nematodes of the genus Toxocara are socio-economically important zoonotic pathogens. These parasites are usually directly transmitted to the human host through the fecal-oral route and can cause toxocariasis and related complications, including allergic and neurological disorders. Although tens of millions of people are estimated to have been exposed to Toxocara spp. or are infected with them, global epidemiological information on the relationship between seropositivity and toxocariasis is limited. Recent results show that in some countries the impact of toxocariasis on human health is increasing. The purpose of this review was to analyze modern data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory manifestations and therapy of toxocariasis. Material and methods. The analysis of publications in PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science systems in the period from January 1950 to September 2020, highlighting studies documenting the epidemiological, pathogenetic, clinical and laboratory aspects of toxocariasis. In addition, we analyzed clinical cases of toxocariasis among patients of the departments of the Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases. The article discusses the basic information about toxocars, summarizes the key aspects of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of toxocariasis, its prevalence, and gives recommendations for the prevention and control of this disease.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117957351881354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thais Massetti ◽  
Talita Dias da Silva ◽  
Tânia Brusque Crocetta ◽  
Regiani Guarnieri ◽  
Bruna Leal de Freitas ◽  
...  

Background: Virtual reality (VR) experiences (through games and virtual environments) are increasingly being used in physical, cognitive, and psychological interventions. However, the impact of VR as an approach to rehabilitation is not fully understood, and its advantages over traditional rehabilitation techniques are yet to be established. Method: We present a systematic review which was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). During February and March of 2018, we conducted searches on PubMed (Medline), Virtual Health Library Search Portal databases (BVS), Web of Science (WOS), and Embase for all VR-related publications in the past 4 years (2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018). The keywords used in the search were “neurorehabilitation” AND “Virtual Reality” AND “devices.” Results: We summarize the literature which highlights that a range of effective VR approaches are available. Studies identified were conducted with poststroke patients, patients with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, and other pathologies. Healthy populations have been used in the development and testing of VR approaches meant to be used in the future by people with neurological disorders. A range of benefits were associated with VR interventions, including improvement in motor functions, greater community participation, and improved psychological and cognitive function. Conclusions: The results from this review provide support for the use of VR as part of a neurorehabilitation program in maximizing recovery.


Author(s):  
Raúl Payá Castiblanque

The aim of this research was to study the relationship between the different levels of direct participation of workers (passive, consultative or active-delegated) in risk prevention management with the levels of absenteeism in Spain. To this end, a transversal study was carried out using microdata from the Second European Survey of Companies on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2-Spain, 2014) with a master population of 3162 work centres. A multinomial logistic regression model was carried out, with the dependent variable being the levels of absenteeism and the independent variables, the participation indicators and preventive management, calculating the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) between all the independent and control variables, with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% IC). The results obtained showed how the active-delegative participation of workers in the design and adoption of psychosocial risk prevention measures reported 2.33 less probabilities of having a very high or fairly high level of absenteeism (aOR = 0.43; 95%IC:0.27–0.69). However, having documented aspects of preventive management (plan, risk assessment, planning measures) did not have any impact on absenteeism levels, which shows that we can fall into an unrealistic institutional mirage of security with active policies of co-education or co-management being necessary to reduce absenteeism.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leping Tu ◽  
Yan Chen

Abstract To investigate the relationship between air quality and its Baidu index, we collect the annual Baidu index of air pollution hazards, causes and responses. Grey correlation analysis, particle swarm optimization and grey multivariate convolution model are used to simulate and forecast the comprehensive air quality index. The result shows that the excessive growth of the comprehensive air quality index will lead to an increase in the corresponding Baidu index. The number of search for the causes of air quality has the closest link with the comprehensive air quality index. Strengthening the awareness of public about air pollution is conducive to the improvement of air quality. The result provides a reference for relevant departments to prevent and control air pollution.


2020 ◽  
pp. 157-204
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Morse ◽  
Thomas Braithwaite

This chapter concerns the relationship between partners and the interface between the contractual and fiduciary duties implicit in such a relationship, including the internal management of the firm. It examines the impact of equity on contractual agreements, including the doctrine of forfeiture. The nebulous overriding duty of good faith is followed by the statutory duties of honesty, no conflict/no profit and no competition. The implied terms in relation to management (including access to partnership information) and control, financial affairs (detailing capital, capital profits and income profits) and the limits on change of partners are followed by a detailed consideration of the validity and exercise of expulsion clauses. Finally, the chapter details the limited effects of both voluntary and involuntary assignments of a partner's share.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Raghu Katragadda ◽  
A. Sreeram

Ownership structure or the stakeholder structure of an organization often play significant role in operations decision, monitoring and control. This as a result possesses influences over process and hence performance. On the other hand, the role of stakeholders and respective conflict of interests can also be not ruled out. Under such circumstances, assessing the impact of organizational structure or stakeholder pattern and firm performance becomes inevitable to assess. In addition, the relationship between the investment pattern and respective conflicts of interests is inevitable to be examined. To ensure investment security corporate governance has played vital role that suggests assessing the inter-relationship between the stakeholder pattern and firm performance. With this motivation, in this paper an empirical study has been done to examine the impact of internal shareholding patterns on the associated firm’s performance. In this paper we have performed an empirical study where the aforementioned relationship has been examined for Indian listed NIFTY 50 companies for the duration of the financial year 2011 to 2016. Our empirical results provide evidence that insider shareholding is positively and significantly related to the firm performance as measured by market capitalization; market value by book value and Tobin’s Q.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Sidorchuk ◽  
Anastasia Lukina ◽  
Ilya Markin ◽  
Stanislav Korobkov ◽  
Natalia Ivashkova ◽  
...  

Railway stations are centers of mass accumulation of people. Additional regulations change the intensity of the flow of visitors and the time of entering the station. Delays become an essential factor affecting the perceived satisfaction with all services at stations. This paper analyzes the impact of the intensity of passenger flow in the key areas of the station (entrance groups) on the satisfaction of visitors with station functioning (by the example of Moscow railway stations). The authors of the paper used methods of observation to measure the current passenger flows at the entrances to the station and also collected secondary data on transport flows at city railway stations. To predict passenger flow, the authors used statistical methods to assess the relationship between variables and regression. The paper used a survey of passengers to analyze satisfaction with the functioning of railway station facilities and assess the acceptable delay time at the entrance/exit to the station. The article substantiates that in the context of current requirements for transport security, an important factor for perceived satisfaction with station services is the forecasting and management of passenger flows and control of time of entering the station.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Francisco Bitencourt Jorge ◽  
Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim ◽  
Michael J. D. Sutton ◽  
José Osvaldo de Sordi

The study sought to understand the relationship among organisations, knowledge and complexity so that managers could develop more effective strategies when working with organisational knowledge and complexity. The theoretical framework of the theme was elaborated from Web of Science and then an analysis of identified approximations, relations and boundaries was carried out. Aiming at greater consistency regarding the approximations and boundaries among the studied themes, we sought complex organisations that contemplated knowledge as a resource. The initial search retrieved 95 articles, and after content analysis was performed, we identified 25 articles considering complex organisations as social organisms and knowledge as a resource. In this sense, difficulties were observed regarding the definition of the concept of complex organisation, as well as regarding the understanding of knowledge as a resource. After the analysis of the 25 articles, eight pointed to some characteristic of complex organisations, and this corpus does now allow to relate and identify the impact of knowledge on complexity, or complexity on knowledge. From these considerations, we discuss ways to manage complexity and knowledge as elements inserted in the organisational context.


2016 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Sun ◽  
Guang-ying Bai ◽  
Ying-Xiao Wang ◽  
Yuan-yuan Zhang ◽  
Jie Pan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8504
Author(s):  
Weiran Lin ◽  
Qiuqin He

Considering the impact of the number of potential new coronavirus infections in each city, this paper explores the relationship between temperature and cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 in mainland China through the non-parametric method. In this paper, the floating population of each city in Wuhan is taken as a proxy variable for the number of potential new coronavirus infections. Firstly, to use the non-parametric method correctly, the symmetric Gauss kernel and asymmetric Gamma kernel are applied to estimate the density of cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China. The result confirms that the Gamma kernel provides a more reasonable density estimation of bounded data than the Gauss kernel. Then, through the non-parametric method based on the Gamma kernel estimation, this paper finds a positive relationship between Wuhan’s mobile population and cumulative confirmed cases, while the relationship between temperature and cumulative confirmed cases is inconclusive in China when the impact of the number of potential new coronavirus infections in each city is considered. Compared with the weather, the potentially infected population plays a more critical role in spreading the virus. Therefore, the role of prevention and control measures is more important than weather factors. Even in summer, we should also pay attention to the prevention and control of the epidemic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Angelina Roša (Rosha) ◽  
Natalja Lace

The aim of the present study is to provide an analysis of the literature about methods for assessing the impact of coaching on the performance of a company, and elaborate a framework of assessment methods emphasizing their use in the course of coaching interaction. The paper also explores the relationship between open innovation and coaching and proposes the themes for further research. The Scopus and Web of Science databases were selected for the review of the research papers in the business subject area. The review was guided by the following research questions: What methods are used for assessing the impact of coaching? How are these methods used in the course of the coaching interaction? How does coaching interrelate with open innovation? The findings suggest that the assessment of the impact of coaching on the individual’s behavior and performance of a company is considered from different perspectives. The methods differ based on the needs for the assessment whether the process evaluation or the outcome evaluation is required. The analysis of the literature proves that the relationship between coaching and open innovation is mutually advantageous.


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